Show LOUISIANA capitol CAr ITOL ON FIRE I 1 FAMOUS PICTURE OP OF BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS DESTROYED I 1 I 1 governor and legislators dressed in night clothes fought I 1 I 1 the flames Y baton rouge la ia juno june 8 the saying saving of the state capitol from destruction by fire last night was accomplish od ed in a spectacular mannar by governor blanchard assisted by many louisiana legislators dressed in their night clothes and by hundreds of children supplementing enting the lire fire department the fire started from defective wiring near the roof of the senate chamber destroying the capitols s eastern wing above the first HOOF floor the ess was between and among the valuables in the senate chamber where the root roof fell in was is the th e famous I 1 painting the battle of new orleans valued at governor blanchard directed tho the work of saving valuable papers tho the capitol is au an imposing piece of 0 architecture on the bank of the mississippi it was first bullian built in 1847 and was destroyed by fire during the civil war the present structure was 1880 I 1 |